The two most reliable panels at the show for quality, year in, year out, are The Black Panel and The Sergio And Mark Show.

You can sleep directly on the floor in your clothes if you are tired enough.

Dan DiDio hugs like a bear.

Frank Cho really likes booby cosplayers. And they really like him.

We may get more than one Captain Marvel book next year from Marvel Comics, they have big plans.

Only ten or so years ago, Marvel had no booth. Now they have a train that runs through San Diego.

Those who say San Diego is no longer about comics are wrong. Comics remain at the centre of the literature, the programming and the booths and displays, more than anywhere else. It’s just there’s other stuff as well. Comic Con evangelises comics to other fanbases.

Even if you get a DC VIP Guest Pass, your name still has to be on the list.

The plan to kick everyone out of the exhibit hall and the end of Sunday was a total and complete failure.

Rob Liefeld was telling folk at the bar that Cable will be in the next X-Force movie

Sunday afternoon must’ve been huge for retailers because Hall A-B were jammed with people shopping.

Folks at the Stan Lee Signing were taking used tickets and reselling them to people around the booth at a higher cost.

The hit of Artist Alley was the amazing Katie Cook. The only table with line control.

The legendary Congressman John Lewis seems preoccupied with signing stuff.

The “Limited edition” of the Impractical Jokers is riddled with mistakes.

“Jumbo” hot dogs are named so because of the price.

I am not alone. If you talk to others fans in signing lines, you’ll find others are just as passionate about Comics as you and share a good many of the same experiences.

Jerry Ordway is the nicest, insightful, interesting and chattiest person I’ve met at a con.

You really should approach the con via the harbor rather than via the street during con hours and somehow no one knows this.

There were way fewer Homestuck cosplayers than usual

There were way more Game Of Thrones cosplayers than usual

TARDISes are sexy

I learned that Doctor Who is reached new levels as they made an 11th Doctor Mr. Potato Head.

I learned that Matt Smith is supercool and signed my 11th Doctor Mr. Potato Head at the Nerdist podcast live. (Yes, this just a nerd brag.)

Hello Kitty Uglydolls are the best things in the world ever. Even better than Dr Who Potato Heads.

Dynamite announced fifteen projects without actually having a booth or any panels.

Star Wars cosplayers gang up and storm local restaurants for cooked breakfasts, literally forcing them to open but staff are nervously polite about it.

It is possible to get a Funko exclusive that you never thought you could get by turning up in the last hour of con. Totally counterintuitive.

Neither Mike Mignola nor Scott Allie can keep track of all the Hellboy titles but somehow keep track of every event in that universe and how they relate.

Regardless of what comic book related costume or T shirt you’re wearing, or the fact that 80 percent of the people on the street are similarly attired, when you walk through the Gaslamp district on a Friday or Saturday night, drunk assholes will sing the Batman TV show theme to mock you.

If you bend down to put something in our bag, you’re more than likely going to end up with your head in someone’s ass

The best way to make friends is to hold up a sign that says “the line starts here.”

Rob Liefeld does not take kindly to being asked to draw a foot as a commission from a fan

Rob Liefeld was very humble when I thanked him for the nineties.

Chris Evans walks very quickly for someone so short.

Cab drivers think Sunday of Comic Con is the worst day of the year.

No one will go as far as Joshua Dysart to research a book.

Apart from Duane Swierczynski

There is a lot of money to be made selling umbrellas outside of the con

Make sure to break my leg a week before the con starts so I get a scooter to ride around the whole time

Put sunscreen on behind your ears. Seriously.

Asking hard questions about Stephanie Brown at DC comics panels will get you a Kindle

People are still really peeved about that whole Spider-Man/Doc Ock switcheroo.

David Mack is in way to good shape to be a comic book artist.

Tom Jane arrived at the show on Friday, child in tow wearing a fedora, no shoes and no badges. Had to wait for someone to bring him his badge.

Jonathan Ross dropped a six figure sum on buying art at the show, including a complete eight page Jack Kirby story.

Steam is the new digital.

Go to the talk back panel, things will get ugly fast and you want to see this!

When in doubt about what to wear most go with the less is more strategy.

You don’t have to pass a logic test to be con security.

Dan Jurgens has never been asked to do a New 52 superman sketch, he says people miss Supes’ red undies

Mattel’s pre order for exclusives was a great idea and incredibly efficient

Anna Paquin freaks out around large crowds

Jenna Malone affects a little girl voice and manner despite being 28

Campers at night for hall H can be really considerate.

If you camp you get asked by every passer by “what are you waiting for?” they have no genuine interest in the answer before asking.

Men are mostly lecherous smelly pigs.

Male con goers prefer the cubicle to the urinal regardless of need. Meaning you have a fast track for a pee.